Bottom feeders....what do you have?

[FishyJames]

 

 I have a planted 55 gallon tank with 10 corydoras as my cleanup crew.

What do you have?  I'm looking for options.

 

Edited December 9, 2020 by FishyJames

[shkote]

I have Cories and Bristlenose Plecos in a planted 55 gallon. Kuhli loaches in a planted 40. 

[MickS77]

I've really been liking Ramshorn snails lately as my cleanup crew.

[RockMongler]

I have a 20 wide with some hillstream loaches, a lonely otocinclus, and a bunch of bladder and malaysian trumpet snails as my bottom dwelling crew.  They are fun to watch.  

[Maggie]

I have six otocinclus catfish in my 45-gal. Waiting for space in the quarantine tank to open up for corydoras catfish for both 20L and 45. 

My rasboras were seriously put off when I first introduced the otocats,  but they're now friends! The cats come out when the lights go off, and they "school" near the top with the rasboras repeatedly, whipping past the rasboras and going down and up on the glass on the other side before rejoing for the trip back across. It's so enjoyable to watch them! I wish they were more active during the day. 

[mountaintoppufferkeeper]

 Dwarf chain loach loach school of 16 with khuli loaches,amanos, and a neocardina colony in a coop planted 50, Malaysian trumpet snails, ramshorn snails and assassin snails in another 50, flag fish in 40.

Snails and shrimp double as mostly inexhaustible supply of shelled food for my small faakaha puffer.  The snails also serve as food for the chain loaches occasionally. I like them all for their different skill sets. Amano and flags for algae, neocaradina and khuli for all small foods in tough spots, snails for general maintenance food cleanup, decaying plant consumption and plant health from soil turnover with MTS

[Mitch_ScruffyCityAquatics]

I have a small school of Corydora. I’m hoping to add more, but I started with Paleatus and I really want to do Sterbaii or something else. So I may do 6 and 6. 
 

I also have a couple of nerite snails and mystery snails. I love watching the mystery snails travel the tank looking for food and a nice spot to sleep. 
 

I don’t know if I consider them a bottom feeder, because they stay mid-aquarium on my plants, but I also have a small school of otocinlcus. 
 

Lastly, Red Cherry Shrimp... everywhere. Even hanging from my floating water sprite. 

[JettsPapa]

I have pygmaeus corys in my 20 long, along with some cull neocaridina shrimp, panda corys in my 65, and trillineatus corys in the 40 breeder.  And they all have "healthy" populations of bladder, rams horn, and Malaysian trumpet snails.

[Colu]

I have 2 bristle nose Catfish  they breed like rabbits

[JettsPapa]

2 hours ago, Colu said:

I have 2 bristle nose Catfish  they breed like rabbits

 

I have two of them in my 65, but haven't seen any babies.  Of course it's possible that the angelfish and rainbowfish get to the babies before I know they're there.

[Ohio Ron]

I have 4 Cory and a Bristlenose Pleco in My 60. Thinking I may eventually add a couple more cory. But I have been busy lately with rounding out some of the other schools

[Daniel]

I think I have ghost shrimp in 90% of my aquariums, they even persist in my angelfish tanks.